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"It is the aestheticizing of social difference that has led to discrimination in today's society," professor Shannon Winnubst from Ohio State University said at a speech on Monday.
The University of Richmond Board of Trustees voted Thursday in favor of adding gender identity and gender expression to the school's non-discrimination policy.
The University of Richmond Board of Trustees will vote Thursday, April 21 on whether the university will adopt gender identity and gender expression into its non-discrimination policy. An affirmative vote would make Richmond only the third private college or university in Virginia to do so, behind Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va. and Virginia International University, located near Washington, D.C.
On one of my most recent visits to the iTunes website, I was surprised to see that every country listed had the same No. 1 song: Lady Gaga's latest single, "Born This Way."
Members of a University of Richmond student panel presented their compilations of research and firsthand experiences about social injustice and civil rights legacies on Jan. 18.
I am sure you have seen it all over campus and maybe for a brief second you contemplated what it is about. I mean, "Silence = Death" seems quite contrary to the whole idea of being silent for the day. If anything, it should be the Day of Loud and Lively Discussion, right? Confronted by this seemingly ill-conceived slogan or campaign name, maybe you were able to piece together that SASD is sponsoring the event and therefore must have something to do with LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans) rights. If you have, your deductive skills have served you well, but the whole message is still unclear. Why are they being silent and why does Silence = Death? To understand this, you need to see life through the eyes of an LGBT individual, out or closeted, but especially the latter.
As proud Richmond students, we are disappointed with our institution's decision to award Jepson's 10th Year Reunion Recognition to Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation Virginia, a group that lobbies against homosexual rights and anti-discrimination legislation.
The office of Common Ground has been following discussions taking place in The Collegian and elsewhere about racism and the varied campus-life experiences of students. And we have been disturbed by recent headlines about the Virginia Attorney General questioning the place of sexual orientation in anti-discrimination statements of public colleges and universities.
The Student Alliance for Sexual Diversity reached its goal this week of obtaining 1,000 signatures for a petition to have gender identity and expression included in the University of Richmond's nondiscrimination policy.
Many University of Richmond students are opting for alternate jobs with programs such as Teach for America and the Peace Corps, with the economy possibly motivating their choices.
By Anna Dounce
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Alice Eagly, a gender and leadership scholar and the department chairwoman of the psychology department at Northwestern University, spoke in the Jepson Alumni Center to a nearly full audience last night.
I am hopeful.